Cigarette Depot opens in Hendersonville

Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 4:43 p.m.

Cigarette Depot, a new tobacco and smoking accessories store in Hendersonville, is seeing an interesting trend among local smokers, who now have options ranging from loose tobacco to electronic cigarettes.

“We have pretty much everything you're going to need in the tobacco industry,” said co-owner Greg Workman.

With the rise of the e-cigarette, Cigarette Depot is stocked with the top brand kits and e-liquids, including ECTO World, Totally Wicked and White Rhino products. Workman said the store has about 60 flavors of e-liquid, or “e-juice,” for use in e-cigarettes, at various price points.

Though the “vapes,” or e-cigarettes, are big sellers, Workman said roll-your-own cigarettes are making a comeback.

“It's really inexpensive,” he said. “A pound of tobacco, a rolling machine, some tubes and a lighter is about equivalent to about 3 cartons of cigarettes — for the price of one (carton).”

“The younger crowd is actually going to the roll-your-own,” he said. “The older crowd is switching to the vapor cigarettes” to get the nicotine fix but cut out the additional chemicals.

The hookahs, towers with five hoses for multiple people to smoke the shisha, are popular with the hookah-smoking population that has had to travel to Asheville to shop.

“We've also been receiving requests from the public,” Workman said, adding that if there's a certain brand of rolling tobacco, shisha or other smoking accessory a customer wants, “We'll definitely get it for them.”

“We tend to cater to everyone,” he added.

Cigarette Depot is located at 671 Spartanburg Highway in Hendersonville, and is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 828-595-9556 for more information.

<p>Cigarette Depot, a new tobacco and smoking accessories store in Hendersonville, is seeing an interesting trend among local smokers, who now have options ranging from loose tobacco to electronic cigarettes.</p><p>“We have pretty much everything you're going to need in the tobacco industry,” said co-owner Greg Workman. </p><p>With the rise of the e-cigarette, Cigarette Depot is stocked with the top brand kits and e-liquids, including ECTO World, Totally Wicked and White Rhino products. Workman said the store has about 60 flavors of e-liquid, or “e-juice,” for use in e-cigarettes, at various price points.</p><p>Though the “vapes,” or e-cigarettes, are big sellers, Workman said roll-your-own cigarettes are making a comeback.</p><p>“It's really inexpensive,” he said. “A pound of tobacco, a rolling machine, some tubes and a lighter is about equivalent to about 3 cartons of cigarettes — for the price of one (carton).”</p><p>“The younger crowd is actually going to the roll-your-own,” he said. “The older crowd is switching to the vapor cigarettes” to get the nicotine fix but cut out the additional chemicals. </p><p>Cigarette Depot also sells traditional packed cigarettes, chewing tobacco and tobacco pipes, along with hookahs and shisha.</p><p>The hookahs, towers with five hoses for multiple people to smoke the shisha, are popular with the hookah-smoking population that has had to travel to Asheville to shop. </p><p>“We've also been receiving requests from the public,” Workman said, adding that if there's a certain brand of rolling tobacco, shisha or other smoking accessory a customer wants, “We'll definitely get it for them.”</p><p>“We tend to cater to everyone,” he added. </p><p>Cigarette Depot is located at 671 Spartanburg Highway in Hendersonville, and is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 828-595-9556 for more information.</p><p>___</p><p>Reach McGowan at molly.mcgowan@blueridgenow.com or 828-694-7871.</p>